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ninety head of hogs — good grade of stock hogs; thirteen of these 

 had died before he requested us to use the immunizing serum on 

 his herd. Twelve hogs were sick when the herd was treated. 

 Sixty-five of the hogs appeared healthy when inoculated. A 

 month later he wrote: ''Not one of the sixty-five head you vacci- 

 nated took sick, fifteen of these were left in the lot with the sick 

 pigs and have not shown any signs of disease. The remainder 

 of the hogs were separated from the sick pigs only by a wire 

 fence, and the smaller pigs could pass from one lot to the other 

 and could easily carry infection." 



Hall Bros, of Harrisonville, Cass county, write: "The vacci- 

 nated pigs in the pen with infected pigs are doing nicely and are 

 thriving, have a good appetite and stay fat, while those not vacci- 

 nated are just the reverse. We have lost no brood sows nor boars 

 since the vaccination. We feel under many obligations to the De- 

 partment for the assistance, and are glad to have such a favor- 

 able report." 



W. W. Waltmire of Cass county, a breeder and exhibitor of 

 0. I. C. swine, reported good results from inoculation of his herd 

 with the hog cholera serum; also Fantz Bros, of Cass county. 



At the close of the fair circuit last year (at the American 

 Royal at Kansas City) I treated hogs for several exhibitors from 

 other states — among these were Mr. J. D. B. DeBow, Berkshire 

 breeder of Nashville, Tenn., who had the misfortune to get his 

 herd infected with cholera at some point on the show circuit. He 

 had lost two hogs and several were severely ill when the show- 

 herd was inoculated. The sick as well as the apparently healthy 

 hogs were injected with the "Hog Cholera Serum," and with the 

 exception of two animals were immediately shipped home. Some 

 of those which were sick when inoculated, died. The shake-up of 

 the long journey probably hastened the fatal issue. Several of the 

 show hogs, however, were saved. He writes as follows: "I am 

 glad to say that my two great boars, "Premier Longfellow's Rival" 

 and "Ravenwood Masterpiece" were two of those that were never 

 sick a day. Six of the vaccinated sows were also saved. I am 

 sure if you could have vaccinated the entire herd before shipping 

 them from home, that none of them would have gotten sick. T 

 hope next year to have my entire herd vaccinated before I start on 

 my trip. It will be a great pleasure to send them back to Mis- 

 souri, where I was so well treated." 



Mr. Lester Sturm, a Berkshire breeder of Vandalia, Illinois, 

 was another exhibitor whose herd became infected with cholera 



